15/34 I tried to tell you that I would unlock the door, but you refused to listen. Will you let me pass ?" He obeyed in silence. The light seemed to dazzle her, and her steps were so uncertain that Hozier sprang forward and caught her arm. "If you searched the whole ship, you could not have chosen a worse place to travel in than the lazarette." "I was driven out twice at night by the rats," she gasped, though she strove desperately to regain control of her trembling limbs. |